Windows user since 1994 (2 YO)
Linux user since 2008
recently “betrayed” by m$
2020 or 2021 switched to Linux but dual booted with winlol for compatibility
gamer, but not competitive
on 2021 succeeded to run everything on Linux
deleted winlol and use only Linux since
I have no significant other nor special someone besides my parents
@stuner @JoshsJunkDrawer well, it’s not entirely true, this is not on Mint or Bazzite but installing AUR packages on manjaro, you do not see the results immediatly but the AUR on manjaro is…well, there’s a reason why it is not recommended at all, you begin to install an AUR, then with a 100% probability, your manjaro will break after some time, this happened to me multiple times, this never happens on EndeavourOS for example, nor Cachy
@YesIAmHoomanNoCat @AldinTheMage a quick google search revealed that this was common & someone posted about it on Gigabyte Support forum & the reply was that “your laptop doesn’t support Linux”, also another result gave a relatively simple solution, but the damage was done, I lost my brother to the dark side, & I don’t think there sells in tunisia a Linux-friendly device (yes not even a SteamDeck)
@YesIAmHoomanNoCat @AldinTheMage they can exist for you only, it depends, is your device an unsupported or Linux-aggressive one? I have a Gigabyte laptop that is very aggressive towards Linux but is pretty much supported, and I don’t have any shame to say that I use Cachy, Generally Linux since I bought it (the Laptop), I know this because I bought to my brother a sibling Laptop, same brand, and last year it did a very stupid thing, it activated secure boot with no way to disable it
@higgsboson @Sxan such an extreme mesure for an “insignificant” act, at least for tunisians, it’s normal to find latin (french & english) & arabic & strange symbols (a mix between latin letters & arabic numbers understood as common tunisian) on the same test, for 99.99% of tunisian people
@djdarren @woelkchen I migrated my #Linux many times between distros and I also do the same thing: I never have a seperate /home partition so I backup everything on /home on a seperate drive + other things & after I standard install the new distro, I live boot from USB & replace the new /home with the new /home content
@shalafi since I began on 2 Years old in 1994 until now I guess 31 years
And I really debugged, I really debugged, I never installed a pirated OS on my personal laptops but I stayed 5 years from 2012 on the support for the m$ club on my faculty & I still am but significantly less for winlol & more Linux, I met ms. Linux in 2008
I know you think 2 years old is too young but believe me, using the computer without being able to read anything used to be easy, especially when you have some assistance
@possiblylinux127 @pastermil in my life, I literally saw everything and am seeing more & will see more & more because of dumb people & non-techies who installed pirated versions of winlol, for example, ones without support for UWA meaning many software that depend on that feature but have essential functionnalities and a winlol version that accidently cannot delete anything, & more, so I advise you to stop recommending this to people
@faab64 @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com somehow I’m not even surprized…
@ragebutt @TheLeadenSea don’t forget steriotypes, history and old habits almost always work for non-tech savvy, for example, many people avoid Samsung devices because they explode in spite that even happened last time years ago, I know they still explode but it is a rare even and its causes are known
@clif Linux Mint is a popular migration destination because of how close its UI is to Winlol, but KDE is a close UI too to winlol’s, as for the software, if possible, one can use Wine or a VM until they get used to native Linux tools, with a little research, one can easily find a good alternative to almost anything
@clif @BCsven are you implying that Linux is not compatible with most things on winlol? I’ve yet to find anything that I need and is winlol only, everything either has a version on Linux or has a Linux-able alternative
There are many winlol-only things but none I need
For gaming, Linux
For office use, Linux
For media, definitely Linux…
@Corbin @GolfNovemberUniform and logically & scientifically, the BigBang was impossible to have happened without an outside trigger, and guess who/what were able to ignite that
Removed by mod
@lung @AnUnusualRelic eh, had 4, 2, 1 and 0, on EndeavourOS when you yay right after you yay, or you yay after an hour
@SplashJackson Heroic Games Launcher
@SplashJackson did you try with HGL?
@arendjr @possiblylinux127 eh, in reality, The reason we are seeing a lot of security vulnerabilities is because:
A: it is the most used OS in the world, hackers & pirates… have 100 reasons to pirate winlol, for example imagine having 1 B$ worth of games on your storage drive, everyone would be killing to even have a sniff
B: it gives the feeling of the thrill of challenge when you decide to tweak, because it is close-sourced so it by default enables a few tweaks, all can be corrected
@SplashJackson @Sunshine GTA 2 was a gem, if you have it downloaded from Rockstar back when it was free & reworked for modern systems, I would like a link please
@turkalino @kiol I tried many distros, but some sticked with me: EndeavourOS, CachyOS and Manjaro, probably due to their rolling release nature so the updates come gracefully & gradually, but on my side, never once had an update that failed in any way